Coll 30/160 Pt II(S) 'C.I.D. Sub-Committee for Questions Concerning the Middle East. Measures to influence Minor Powers & Arab States whose assistance might be of Value in time of war. (Bushire Secret-Service Grant)'
Coll 30/160 Pt II(S) 'C.I.D. Sub-Committee for Questions Concerning the Middle East. Measures to influence Minor Powers & Arab States whose assistance might be of Value in time of war. (Bushire Secret-Service Grant)'
Coll 30/160 Pt II(S) 'C.I.D. Sub-Committee for Questions Concerning the Middle East. Measures to influence Minor Powers & Arab States whose assistance might be of Value in time of war. (Bushire Secret-Service Grant)'
Date:
1945/1947
Description:
Abstract: The file contains correspondence between the India Office, the Government of India External Affairs Department, HM Treasury, and the Foreign Office concerning the level of the secret service grant of the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf for 1946-47.The grant had been paid by the Government of India during the Second World War, and had been set at Rs. 50,000 annually. According to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the grant was spent 'not only in obtaining information regarding piracy, smuggling, disaffection etc but in presents to those who have helped us or are likely to be of use to us' (folio 16). The papers show that the grant for 1946-47 was eventually set at Rs. 32,500.There are no papers in the file directly relating to the Committee of Imperial Defence (CID) Standing Official Sub-Committee for Questions concerning the Middle East.The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 25; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.